The Rouge: Do local media outlets cover up major community issues?

Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has its flaws, just like any university, but overall, it is a great institution. It’s full of not only intelligent black men and women, but people of all races.
We always have so many great things going on, so why aren’t they ever broadcasted on Baton Rouge news station? Think about how many times you watched the news and saw something good about Southern, or something good about our students getting broadcasted. Only a handful of times, right?
With Southern being such a well known HBCU, if anything, Baton Rouge news stations should support us and help us to get the word around about the good things that go on. News is supposed to be balanced, fair, and neutral. The treatment Southern gets from our news stations however, doesn’t look fair or balanced to me. But hey, what do I know? I’m just a broadcast major who is literally in school to work for a news program.
Not only do they show very limited good news about our university, but they relate anything going on in North Baton Rouge to Southern University. Let’s be honest, we all know this isn’t the best area in town, but that has nothing to do with the school. A shooting, robbery, etc. happening blocks away from Southern doesn’t need “near Southern” or “blocks away from Southern” in the headline. And even when the issue is on campus, how often is it actually students? Pretty much never. The people in the surrounding areas aren’t all bad, but the ones that are should not be causing so many negative connotations about our university on the news.
If it’s not a student participating in the illegal activity, or it’s not on Southern University’s campus, then leave us out of it. Even if it’s a former student participating in illegal activities, leave us out of it. It’s not that hard to make a newsworthy headline without slandering our university. But again, what do I know? I just make these kinds of headlines for graded assignments all the time.
And don’t get me started on LSU and the South Baton Rouge area. South Baton Rouge, is just as dangerous, if not more dangerous than North Baton Rouge. And guess what’s right there in South Baton Rouge, LSU.
Off of the top of your head, can you think of something that happened in South Baton Rouge that had “near LSU” or “blocks away from LSU” in the headline? Me either. All I’m saying is if the news is going to throw our HBCU, one of the most well known HBCUs, under the bus for events that have nothing to do with our campus or our students, they should keep that same energy when it comes to South Baton Rouge and LSU.
It could be a part of a hidden agenda against Southern University or black people in general in Baton Rouge. It could also just be a coincidence that Southern always gets thrown under the bus for no reason, who knows besides them. All I’m saying is Baton Rouge media outlets need to put some respect on our name!